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The vanishing village is a ripping yarn about a theft which causes a village to vanish by a curse, with the obligatory rich villain.
An excellent read, but not to be approached when drowsy or inattentive, and will not give peace to any but the brightest child's parents "Mummy, Help!" my most common phrase, but with a bit of logic you may just be able to fathom it.
Jay and Ben are staying with their Aunt Hetty in the village of Little Snoozing, a place little more than a hamlet, but surrounded by all that a mystery-lover would expect: solitary standing stones, misty moors, deserted manor houses and ruined castles - just describing it makes me want to go and read it! When the two go exploring one day, they find themselves hopelessly lost in the mist, but stumble down into a strangely old-fashioned village that is not marked on their map. Finding a cozy inn and feeling welcomed by the innkeeper and his boy Thomas, the two decide to stay the night - but the following day they awake to find themselves asleep on the ground of the moor.
Their story quickly travels about Little Snoozing, and Ben and Jay are drawn into a mystery surrounding their vanishing village - there *was* once a village in the valley, but why has it disappeared? Why can't anyone get back in? And how can the two release it from its 'time-slip' imprisonment?
The illustrations by Brenda Haw should entice both kids and adults - she uses bright, cheerful colours for Little Snoozing, dark, dismal browns and greys for Creville Manor, and indigos and purples to wonderfully capture the other-worldliness of the vanishing village. Even the standing stones in the bright light of day seem strange and mysterious.
All in all, I would recommend this for those who have to be coaxed into a love of books - the simple yet spooky story, the great cartoonish illustrations and the interactive nature of the puzzles make this a great treat. Parents and kids can easily work through it together, with a pen and paper to work out the clues, and hopefully it will become to you what it is for me - an old favourite.
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